Cincinnati Scout Sets Sidney Baseball Tryout Camp
Cincinnati scout Carl Bolin announces an authorized Cincinnati Redlegs tryout camp in Sidney at Legion Park August 27 28 and 29. The program mirrors a Milwaukee Braves setup in Rushville and aims to draw embryonic players from Colorado. The event could become an annual Sidney feature with Mayo Sigler planning housing and city officials delaying diamond work until camp concludes. Bolin plans to arrive August 26 for the Panhandle Oil League All Star game and then run three days of sessions with other Redlegs staff to follow.
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Cincinnati Redlegs
Sidney
Carl Bolin
Cincinnati
Paul Hakes
Legion Park
Milwaukee Braves
Rushville
Colorado
M. R. Sigler
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Murrey Fuller
Bolin
Cincinnati Club
August Dollar Days Move Up In Sidney Trade Area
Sidney retailers through the Chamber of Commerce plan a busy August with Dollar Days moved to Aug 9 10 11 and a Back to School weekend Aug 18 at the Fox Theatre. Cheyenne County Fair runs Aug 23 drawing thousands while schools reopen Aug 27 prompting earlier promotions. Publicity and premium lists are being distributed as merchants target top values.
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Sidney Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Telegraph
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Ribet
Sidney
Fox Theatre
Cheyenne County Fair
Grocery Bill Paid After All Those Years
A retired grocer recalls a chance meeting in a local business building where a man, who recognized a 1920s debt of 7.50 dollars, offered to pay. The grocer accepted five dollars and closed the matter, saying such encounters reaffirm faith in humanity after decades apart.
Driving Under Influence Ends In Fine For Sidney Man
Co. W. Barnard, 41, of Sidney, was fined $100 and costs and given a six month license suspension after Sidney Police Judge Glenn Greenlee found him guilty of driving while under the influence. Barnard was arrested at 130 a.m. yesterday by officers.
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W. Barnard
Sidney
Glenn Greenlee
Barnard
Steamers Return to the Union Pacific Mainline
Steam locomotives from the 3800 and 3900 series resume service on the Union Pacific through Sidney with nine heading east and five west. Daily UP traffic averages 65 trains with 4000 to 4900 cars, and the railroad plans more hires in Sidney to handle summer freight demand while awaiting new gas turbine units that may phase out steam power.
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Union Pacific
Sidney
U.P
Motorist Stuck On Tracks Hits By Freight Engine
Bernard Delashmutt, 43, of Sidney, drove between Union Pacific tracks west of Sidney. His car was struck by freight engine No 3998, causing $200 damage. Delashmutt, not in the car, was later jailed for intoxication and sentenced to 30 days by County Judge C. W. Smith.
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Bernard Delashmutt
Sidney
Union Pacific
Hecker
Cheyenne County
Kermit Brumbaugh
Delashmutt
L. M. Brush
C. W. Smith
Garbage Collection Starts Early in Sidney
Effective Monday the Sidney garbage collection will start at 4 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. Trucks operate on the same routes and days, with crews urged to cooperate and use proper receptacles. New 16 yard packer truck bids will open August 13 to speed city pickups.
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Sidney
Ray Nichols
Murrey Fuller
Nichols
Grand Island
Pop’’ Golden
Fuller
New Packer
Nebraska Congressman Miller Schedules Events In Kimball Area
Rep. A L Miller of Kimball releases his planned monthly and next month schedule for constituents to arrange meetings. The notice notes reachable hours at his Grand Island headquarters and mentions attendance at Sept events, with details about a badgepole ceremony and local settler badge program.
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A L Miller
Kimball
Grand Island
California Driver Injured In Lodgepole Crash
A 37 year old California man Elton Odom of San Pablo was listed in serious condition at Memorial Hospital after a one car crash 14 miles west of Lodgepole on Highway 30 about 7 am today. The Nebraska Safety Patrol reports his 1951 model car veered from the right to the left, entered a ditch, jumped a driveway and stopped in another ditch. Estimated car damage is $500. Odom was en route to Shenandoah Iowa to pick up his wife visiting there.
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California
Memorial Hospital
Lodgepole
Elton Odom
San Pablo
Calif
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Odom
Shenandoah
Rain Spurs Mixed Crop Outlook Across Cheyenne County
Light showers reached Cheyenne County with August rainfall around three days in the month totaling near a half inch in some areas. County Agent Ivan Liljegren notes southeast county corn and sorghum suffer heat and moisture stress with lead aphids appearing. University of Nebraska guidance says spraying is often ineffective and can discolor leaves. Irrigated crops, especially beans, are in good shape while dryland fields near Dalton deteriorate despite heavy rain early in the month.
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Cheyenne
Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Dalton
Sidney Hotel project negotiators eye eight percent steel price rise
Sid ney Municipal Swimming Pool ends Aug 26 signaling season close while Sidney Community Hotel talks face an eight percent steel price increase effective Aug 10. Architects trimmed hotel features to target a $260000 bid. John Wiebe Co Omaha low bidder at $293660, good for 30 days. Hotel board hopes to confirm operator soon.
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Sidney
Nebraska
the Telegraph
John Wiebe Co
Omaha
Wiebe
State Levy Line Held After 0.09-Mill Cut by Board
The State Equalization Board trimmed the state tax levy by nine cents per thousand, lowering the total to 8.09 mills where Cheyenne County faces a 4 percent drop in the overall levy. The 2,955,664,238 total assessed value will raise 23,911,323, with fixed levies for institutional buildings teacher pensions and UNMC buildings.
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Cheyenne County
State Equalization Board
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Equalization Board
University of Nebraska Medical College
Jail Break Charges Here Dismissed
Two men accused of attempting to escape the Cheyenne County jail last month had charges dismissed by County Attorney Pat Heaton Jr. He noted witnesses were sentenced to prison and one principal is already jailed, making the case unwieldy. Taylor received six years for bigamy. Whicker was released after a 30 day term for bad checks.
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Cheyenne County
Taylor
Whicker
Heaton
Nebraska oil field notes show dry holes and some gas to oil limits
The report covers Sterling No 1 near Gurley a dry hole with five feet oil and 55 feet water. Zephyr Scherer No 1 wildcat work continues. Stanolind reports several dual oilers in Banner County while multiple dry holes are listed in Kimball and Chandler areas. Adena Field in Colorado sees a gas to oil ratio cap with a 10 000 cubic feet per barrel limit and 14 000 barrel daily cap under unitization.
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Pubco Petroleum Corp
Wade Sterling No 1
Gurley
Pubco
Telegraph
Zephyr Drilling Co
Zephyr
Graham and
Henry
Cheyenne County
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
Ostgren
Banner County
Vowers Field
van Pelt
Vedene
Kimball County
Becroack Oil
Schricker
Murfin Drilling
Sun Oil
Hall
New Drilling
Panther Oil
Chandler -Musgrove
Barrett
Morgan County
Adena Field
Colorado
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Rites Thursday For Sandra Fuller
Funeral services were held for Sandra Lee Fuller 11 the daughter of Mr and Mrs David Walter Fuller of Albuquerque New Mexico after emergency surgery at Memorial Hospital. A second service is planned in Albuquerque with burial at Albuquerque Cemetery. Survivors include her parents and grandparents.
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Gehrig and Son Funeral
Sandra Lee Fuller
David Walter Fuller
Albuquerque
N. M
Sandra
Memorial Hospital
Clark Fuller
Harold Taylor
R OL Townsend
HP. Bollinger
French and Fitzgerald Mortuary
and Virs Fuller
Rabe Jackson
Highway survey on origin and destination near Sidney
State Highway Commission planners conducted a spot origin and destination survey on Highway 30 west of Sidney. They questioned motorists about where they started from where they were headed and how much money they spent in Nebraska.
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West Sidney
State Highway Commission
Planning Board
Highway 30
Sidney
Nebraska
Sixty Six Farmers Sign For Soil Bank Aid
Thirty six wheat farmers in Cheyenne County signed up for the 1956 soil bank under the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation office. They signed crop destruction agreements covering 1 6842 acres with payments of 10448 70. Damaged wheat favored by hail or other causes justified eligibility. State records show a deluge of late soil bank corn sign ups in eastern Nebraska boosting acreage and payments by more than 10 million dollars. Final returns indicate Nebraska banked 1 273006 acres with total payments of 24028157 at the close.
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Cheyenne County
County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Office
ASC
Nebraska
Soil Bank
Saunders
Butler
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Washington
Wiurephoto
Rep
Miller
Sidney Municipal
Lev. P. Bolin JR
Cheyenne County Memorial Hospital
Gering
West Nebraska General Hospital
Scottsburff
Thompson
Francis D Taylor
Vernon Whicker
The
Sterling
Sandra Fuller
Stevenson
Choe Cole
Estes Kefauver
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